Solway Firth Partnership

07/06/2026

World Ocean Day celebrations on the Solway featured lobsters, seagrass, rockpool creatures, seashells and sea shanties! Solway Coast and Marine Project

06/06/2026

A special appearance of Sea Shanty Singers at World Ocean Day with Port William Inshore Rescue Service. Even if it is damp outside the inshore rescue / singers and lobster tanks will be dry indoors!

Come and see the boat, meet the crew, lots of interesting things to see and do

05/06/2026

If you find a shell on your next visit to the Solway, pick it up and look closely -it is a sign of a living ecosystem that we all are working every day to protect

This World Environment Day we are celebrating the small wonders of our living coast. From the Common Mussel clinging to rocks by threads to the King Scallop that can flap away from a starfish, the Solway is full of stories waiting to be discovered.

Can you spot any of these on your next coastal walk? Drop a comment and let us know!


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04/06/2026

Come celebrate World Ocean Day with us this Sunday 🌊
We will be at Harbour Green, Port William with lobsters, seagrass, rockpool creatures, family activities and so much more...

02/06/2026

Local fisher Paul McGuire is opening the doors to his lobster and crab holding tanks on Sunday 7th June to celebrate World Ocean Day at Port William. Join us on Harbour Green 11am and 3 pm where Freelance Ranger Elizabeth Tindall will lead activities for young and old, PIRSAC will have their inshore rescue boat on display and you can get up close to lobsters!

26/05/2026

beach clean on the Machars coast - see you there!

Help out the local Machars fishnetzero team 💚

21/05/2026

Join us at Port William 7th June World Ocean Day and discover amazing facts about seagrass as well as much much more. See you there!

15/05/2026

If there is one flower that shouts SW Scotland at this time of year it is the blue haze of spring squill. It may be small but it makes an impact on our coastal cliff tops. Catch it while it blooms!

10/05/2026

Beach clean by O N US South West Scotland included a litter bin from across the water belonging to Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbour Authority. Another load to collect but beach looking very tidy thanks to all the volunteers.

08/05/2026

Sand dunes act as time capsules holding items for many years before rereleasing them following erosion by wind or waves. This TAYTO crisp packet appears to have nipped across the Irish Sea back in 1999 and has been hidden in the dunes until it was found on a beach clean RSPB Dumfries and Galloway Mersehead